I had two but can't remember the other one.
The first is - (paraphrase) A young person who isn't Liberal has no Heart. An old person who isn't Conservative has no Brain
I thought this was reasonable when I was young but not now.
Of course, maybe I have no Brain but aside from that, ...
What other easy Aphorisms sound right but don't quite hit the mark?
That quote is erroneously attributed to Winston Churchill. He supposedly said it this way: "If you are not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at forty, you have no brain."
What about courage? (Wizard of Oz reference)
I had heard it with slightly different numbers -- "If you're not a liberal at eighteen, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at thirty-eight, you have no brain. If you're not utterly disgusted with all of it at fifty-eight, you have no soul."
shareNever got the updated memo, thanks.
shareI've heard that a Liberal is simply someone who hasn't been mugged yet
This was always amusing to me
*not being being political, it's just very funny and accurate
why is it accurate ? did you get mugged and transform from a generous-minded person to a dour twat at a stroke ? :)
share> I've heard that a Liberal is simply someone who hasn't been mugged yet
Mugging = taking your property away from you by force
Taxation = taxing your property (income) away from you by force (of law)
So that would also be, a liberal is someone who hasn't been taxed yet ... Hmm, might be some truth to that.
I'd rather get into a brawl with three muggers than one taxman!
shareAnother one is "Those who don't Do, Teach"
Very disrespectful to our Teachers.
We are trying so hard to make our obligation an honest, hard won profession, but others want to denigrate it like it's dishonest.
I don't know how to combat it, other than to say here, support our teachers, not the internet bullies who claim falsehoods.
totally agree. those who don't understand shouldn't try to teach. would be better.
sharewhat does not kill me makes me stronger
shareThis might be the one I couldn't remember, and for sure that's definitely full of holes.
shareI like the line from Heath ledgers joker "what doesn't kill me only makes me stranger".
shareYou can't judge a book by its cover
Sometimes true, but first impressions can just as often be accurate
I think it's true. You can't judge a book by it's cover. If you do then you'd simply judged the cover (which is fine, there's nothing inherently wrong with judging a cover by the cover.)
For me, while it's true, it's useless because yes you can only judge a book by the book, but that's obviously true for anything really. You can only judge a car by the car, you can only judge a painting by, well, the painting. What else would it be?
It's as silly as you can't judge a printer by it's cable, or you can't judge a bus by it's horn sound, you can't judge a radio by it's stickers, etc. That's just... obvious, duh.
if at first you don't succeed, try, try....
well, if the number of trials is reasonable, that -could- be true. or maybe you're just not cut out for whatever it is you are trying to succeed at.
Maybe I should have asked the best looking girl in high school to go out on a date more than once?
I think I got the message the first time.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
There is no definitive evidence this was uttered by Albert Einstein. That aside, I don't believe there is a psychology textbook or scholarly writing in the world that states that this is the definition of insanity.
Good point.
shareits more the definition of being an obstinate obsessive fool :)
shareJust about every time I roll a pair a dice I get a different result.
shareDon't try this at a party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKARMsP-UQ&t=128s